Interpretation of benthic foraminiferal stable isotopes in subtidal estuarine environments

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2549-2560

  Diz, P ^a,g   Jorissen, F J ^a   Reichart, G J ^b,c   Poulain, C ^d   Dehairs, F ^e   Leorri, E ^a,f,h   Paulet, Y M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^h EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIFICATION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIVER SYSTEM; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

AURAY ESTUARY; BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF MORBIHAN; MORBIHAN; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONIA (FORAMINIFERAN); AMMONIA TEPIDA; FORAMINIFERA; HAYNESINA GERMANICA;

EID: 70749098025     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-2549-2009     Document Type: Article

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